{"product_id":"somme-mud-used-book","title":"Somme Mud  ** USED BOOK **","description":"\u003ch1\u003eSomme Mud\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eThe war experiences of an Australian infantryman in France 1916-1919\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eby (author)\u003cbr\u003eE.P.F. Lynch\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUSED BOOK\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eCONDITION\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGood (G): \u003c\/strong\u003eDescribes the average used worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects will be noted on the listing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFoxed \/ Foxing \u003c\/strong\u003e- Brown spotting of the paper caused by a chemical reaction, generally found in 19th century books, particularly in steel engravings of the period.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eInscription inside.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eDESCRIPTION\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e'It's the end of the 1916 winter and the conditions are almost unbelievable. We live in a world of Somme mud.  We sleep in it, work in it, fight in it, wade in it and many of us die in it.  We see it, feel it, eat it and curse it, but we can't escape it, not even by dying.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003ePrivate Edward Lynch enlisted in the army at just eighteen.\u003cbr\u003eAs his ship set sail from Sydney, the band played 'Boys of the Dardanelles' and the crown proudly waved off their fresh-faced men.  Men who had no idea of the harsh reality of the trenches of the Somme; of the pale-faced, traumatised soldiers they would encounter there; of the innumerable contradictions of war.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eUpon his return from France in 1919, Private Lynch wrote Somme Mud in pencil in twenty school exercise books, perhaps in the hope of coming to terms with all he had witnessed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003ePublished for the first time, Private Lynch's work is a rare, precious find.\u003cbr\u003eIt vividly captures the horror and magnitude of the First World War, written from the perspective of ordinary infantrymen rather than officers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eTold with dignity, candour and surprising wit, Somme Mud is a testament to the power of the human spirit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eOut of the mud that threatens to suck out a man's very soul rises a compelling story of humanity and friendship.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003ePROD CODE : 9781741668940-C1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Khaki \u0026 Green Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67536417128697,"sku":"9781741668940-C1","price":10.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/4703\/2569\/files\/9781741668940-C1.jpg?v=1793923437","url":"https:\/\/khaki-green.com.au\/products\/somme-mud-used-book","provider":"Khaki and Green Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}